Hebrew · Strong's H5307 · Verb

נָפַל

na·phal

to fall: fall

277times used
262verses
31books

How it's translated

Definition

: fall/drop/fail

1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to fall

1a2) to fall (of violent death)

1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before

1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of

1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result

Other senses of this number: to fall: deserting, to fall: allot, to fall: kill, to fall: angry, to fall: fail, to fall: fell(trees), to fall: presenting

The forms it takes

Stem

  • Qal 85% simple action
  • Hiphil 14% causing someone to do it
  • Hithpael 1% doing it to yourself, or again and again
  • Piel <1% intensive, or bringing about a state

Form

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Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

…and 21 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.